#a pierogi with dot eyes and stick legs that i drew in 30 seconds

[acetechne]

gearing up to start drawing again and i’ve been reflecting on why i draw and why it frustrates me when people say they cant draw or could never draw or whatever and, okay, yes i have spent years doing this for reasons which would involve a whole nother post than what i’m actually thinking about at the moment but i digress

i think people get self conscious of their art because they think if they don’t want to put the time in or get to a certain level that art isn’t worth pursuing at all and today i am breaking down your door and i am sitting down on the floor with you and i am telling you listen: the reason to do art is not to post it and it isn’t to be good at it and it isn’t to draw every leaf on every tree. the reason to do art is because you are a magician and you are putting a little guy there that wasn’t there before. and then later you can open your book of little guys and be like :)

“oh but I couldn’t” shh! SHUT! i am TELLING you RIGHT NOW that if you draw the worst little guy possible and you look at that little guy and you laugh and smile, then that literal 60 seconds it took you to draw that is more worth all of the years that i spent learning to draw because i desperately wanted people to notice and appreciate and be friends with me in school (and yes, occasionally it does happen but mostly in my experience that motivation backfires because half the people just want shit for free but wouldn’t give you the time of day and half the people are too intimidated to even talk to you). maybe it’s because i’m old now but who cares about that shit, you draw because it’s good to create something and look at it and smile because it’s yours and it belongs to you and you did that.

#if you go draw a little guy right now i will put a gold star on your forehead #i dont even need to see it #do you like sparkle? draw sparkle. #thinking about this because out of all the art i do on a daily basis that one of my most beloved drawings is literally like #a pierogi with dot eyes and stick legs that i drew in 30 seconds #people want that guy everywhere and when they see it they think it's so charming #and i used to be like why does no one look at the pieces i spend 4 hours on #and now i think of it as like wait a second i have an amazing superpower to draw really fast and make people smile lots #it took a long time to see past my own insecurities but man #i am telling you it doesn't start for you until you just content yourself with the fact that you like to draw your little guy #and im using guy in the most gender neutral possible way #that can be your blorbo that can be your pet that can be your creepy lamb with hands like my sister drew once #anyway i'm done im gonna go draw those little guys you sent me now #hapo text #sorry i cant draw i just realized i didnt actually eat today brb